Block Grant 2016WEAX0004

This federal Project Grant award of $963,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards), aims to increase law enforcement investigative capacity, enhance advocacy and mental health services, and provide continuing education for professionals addressing interpersonal violence (IPV) involving strangulation. The grantee, The University Corporation, a non-profit organization affiliated with California State University,...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) to Justice Innovation Inc. doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation and its partners. This 3-year grant will support activities to improve the capacity of courts and communities in Kings County and Richmond County, New York to respond to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and...

Women Aware Inc. was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The grant was awarded under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) and will support the Middlesex County Family Justice Center located in New Brunswick, NJ from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The Family Justice Center will deliver coordinated community services to improve...

The County of Burlington, New Jersey will receive $750,000 through September 2026 under a Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) titled "Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program" (CFDA 16.590). The grant funds will support the County's efforts to improve its criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key...

This $466,667 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021) will enable the Center for Safety & Change, Inc., a non-profit domestic violence service provider in Rockland County, New York, to implement a comprehensive project to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and...

The City of New York, through its New York County District Attorney's Office, received a $483,520 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant funds a 3-year initiative to improve the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases in Manhattan, New York. Key project activities...

The City of New York Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice will receive $500,000 through a cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This three-year award, effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025, will support the Firearms Technical Assistance Project in Brooklyn, New York to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence,...

This $1,000,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women will fund activities under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The County of Suffolk NY Department of Probation, as awardee, will work with project partners to continue improving the jurisdiction's criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating...

This Project Grant award of $1,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), supports the Unified Court System of New York State's efforts to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Erie County, New York. Key project activities include: 1) Assigning a Project Director to the Erie...

Through a $600,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021), Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and its project partners will implement a comprehensive program to serve families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Key activities include: Enhancing court collaboration and supervised visitation/safe exchange services through a dedicated court...